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Table 5 Exposure to different forms of violence and odds of smoking among adolescents 14–17 years old, stratified by Country and Gender, Jujuy, Argentina in 2006 and West Bank (oPt) in 2008

From: Country and gender differences in the association between violence and cigarette smoking among youth

 

Argentina

oPt

 

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

 

ORa

(95% CI)

p-value

ORa

(95% CI)

p-value

ORa

(95% CI)

p-value

ORa

(95%CI)

p-value

Verbal violence

 From family members

1.3 (1.0–1.7)

0.030

1.5 (1.1–2.0)

0.026

2.2 (1.1–4.4)

0.021

1.2 (0.8–1.7)

0.310

Physical violence

 From family

1.3 (0.9–1.9)

0.226

1.1 (0.8–1.4)

0.495

2.0 (1.1–3.6)

0.030

1.1 (0.8–1.6)

0.474

 From non-family

2.5 (1.7–3.8)

< 0.001

2.2 (1.6–3.0)

< 0.001

1.0

-b

1.0 (0.4–2.6)

0.999

 From family or non-family

1.6 (1.1–2.3)

0.011

2.0 (1.5–2.7)

< 0.001

1.0

-b

0.6 (0.1–3.4)

0.599

Verbal or physical violence

 From family

1.2 (1.0–1.6)

0.098

1.3 (1.0–1.8)

0.061

2.5 (1.2–5.4)

0.018

1.3 (0.9–1.8)

0.232

 From family or non-family

1.5 (1.2–1.9)

0.003

1.7 (1.3–2.4)

0.002

1.0

-b

0.4 (0.1–2.8)

0.386

  1. aOdds ratios adjusted for all risk factors bViolence exposure occurred in 100% of cases